Colchester Middle School

Colchester Middle School, a heavily attended middle-grades school in Colchester, Vermont, one of the schools within Colchester School District, hosts 509 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 280 students per school, that is 82% larger than typical.

Across the 5 schools in Colchester School District (2,443 students total), Colchester Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Colchester Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest comes out to 6% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, Chittenden County reports that the typical household earns roughly $96,759 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Colchester Middle School is one of 49 public schools in Chittenden County (combined enrollment of about 20,894 students).

Malletts Bay School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Colchester Middle School has expanded 10%, going from 462 students in 2018 to 509 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 89% to 82%.

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